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93+
/ 100
Mike Bennie
White
Classification
Pinot Gris
Variety
2024
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Victoria, Yarra Valley
Region
12.7%
Alcohol %
3-5 Years
Cellaring
Scores
93+ / 100"A portion sees a week on skins, a large portion sees three days on skins, a modest portion sees 14 days on skins. Skins skins skins. Works with this variety so well. A golden amber hue in the glass. It’s like a beautiful tonic to drink. Red apple, faint cranberry, peach, green pear, a skittish rub of talc-like tannin, a pure, bright, invigorating and botanical-laced finish. Fine tuned, so frisky, and almost has a non-wine taste, an exotic beverage with so much character, and good for it. Refreshing and thirst-quenching too. Wonderful stuff, though I reckon it fleshing out a little with time in bottle is ideal."
- Mike Bennie
Tasting Notes
An exciting wine! This is a white, made like a red, that looks like a rose! Whole bunch fermented with 90% of the wine in old oak, and 5% remaining on skins for a week - hence the beautiful blush colour. A nose of pear, marzipan and spice with a luscious, medium body. The texture on the palate is what really sets it apart - fruit sweetness, balanced by zippy acid, slatey minerality and an incredibly fine, chalky mouthfeel. It's vibrant, it's textural, it's delicious. It's Pinot Gris, but not as you know it! -
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity